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  Free Culture

  The Nature and Future of Creativity

  by Lawrence Lessig

  Lawrence Lessig, "the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era" ( The New Yorker ), masterfully argues that never before in human history has the power to control creative progress been so concentrated in the hands of the powerful few, the so-called Big Media. Never before have the cultural powers- that-be been able to exert such control over what we can and can’t do with the... (more)
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  The Future of Ideas

  The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World

  by Lawrence Lessig

  The Internet revolution has come. Some say it has gone. In The Future of Ideas , Lawrence Lessig explains how the revolution has produced a counterrevolution of potentially devastating power and effect. Creativity once flourished because the Net protected a commons on which widest range of innovators could experiment. But now, manipulating the law for their own purposes, corporations have established themselves... (more)
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  Remix

  Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

  by Lawrence Lessig

  The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children—and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form—with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable “hybrid economy” . Lawrence Lessig, the reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, spotlights the newest and possibly... (more)
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  Content

  Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future

  by Cory Doctorow

  Hailed by Bruce Sterling as “a political activist, gizmo freak, junk collector, programmer, entrepreneur, and all-around Renaissance geek,” the Internet’s favorite high-tech culture maven is celebrated with the first collection of his infamous articles, essays, and polemics. Irreverently championing free speech and universal access to information—even if it's just a free download of the newest Britney Spears... (more)
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  Overclocked

  Stories of the Future Present

  by Cory Doctorow

  Have you ever wondered what it's like to get bitten by a zombie? To live through a bioweapon attack? To have every aspect of your life governed by invisible ants? In Cory Doctorow's collection of novellas, he wields his formidable experience in technology and computing to give us mindbending sci-fi tales that explore the possibilities of information technology — and its various uses — run amok. "Anda's Game" is a... (more)
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  Makers

  by Cory Doctorow

  From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother , a major novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America Perry and Lester invent things—seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars. They also invent entirely new economic systems, like the “New Work,” a New Deal for the technological era. Barefoot bankers cross the nation, microinvesting in high-tech... (more)
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  The Public Domain

  Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

  by James Boyle

  In this enlightening book James Boyle describes what he calls the range wars of the information age—today’s heated battles over intellectual property. Boyle argues that just as every informed citizen needs to know at least something about the environment or civil rights, every citizen should also understand intellectual property law. Why? Because intellectual property rights mark out the ground rules of the... (more)
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  Code 2.0

  And Other Laws of Cyberspace

  by Lawrence Lessig

  The "alarming and impassioned"* book on how the Internet is redefining constitutional law, now reissued as the first popular book revised online by its readers (* New York Times ) There's a common belief that cyberspace cannot be regulated-that it is, in its very essence, immune from the government's (or anyone else's) control. Code , first published in 2000, argues that this belief is wrong. It is not... (more)
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  Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide For Librarians

  by Carrie Russell

  Librarians face a myriad of copyright dilemmas every day and as copyright law evolves and new interpretations emerge, libraries play a key role in representing the public in the copyright debate. But how do new copyright laws affect traditional services and new virtual reference user services? What must librarians do to ensure that staff and patrons fully exercise copyright exemptions, like fair use? Offering a... (more)
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  Copyright For Schools: A Practical Guide

  by Carol Simpson

  The comprehensive, up-to-date guide explaining what you need to know about copyright for your school—your must-have copyright reference! *Access up-to-date developments in copyright, related specifically to schools; *Gain insights from an expert on how copyright should be handled at your school; and *Use this practical guide to unravel school-related copyright issues and take leadership on this issue with teachers... (more)
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  The Wealth of Networks

  How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom

  by Yochai Benkler

  With the radical changes in information production that the Internet has introduced, we stand at an important moment of transition, says Yochai Benkler in this thought-provoking book. The phenomenon he describes as social production is reshaping markets, while at the same time offering new opportunities to enhance individual freedom, cultural diversity, political discourse, and justice. But these results are by no... (more)
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  The Pirate's Dilemma

  How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism

  by Matt Mason

  It started with punk. Hip-hop, rave, graffiti, and gaming took it to another level, and now modern technology has made the ideas and innovations of youth culture increasingly intimate and increasingly global at the same time. In The Pirate's Dilemma , VICE magazine's Matt Mason -- poised to become the Malcolm Gladwell of the iPod Generation -- brings the exuberance of a passionate music fan and the... (more)
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  You Are Not a Gadget

  A Manifesto

  by Jaron Lanier

  Jaron Lanier, a Silicon Valley visionary since the 1980s, was among the first to predict the revolutionary changes the World Wide Web would bring to commerce and culture. Now, in his first book, written more than two decades after the web was created, Lanier offers this provocative and cautionary look at the way it is transforming our lives for better and for worse. The current design and function of the web have... (more)
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  Digital Copyright

  by Jessica Litman

  In 1998, copyright lobbyists succeeded in persuading Congress to enact laws greatly expanding copyright owners' control over individuals' private uses of their works. The efforts to enforce these new rights have resulted in highly publicized legal battles between established media, and new upstarts. In this enlightening and well-argued book, law professor Jessica Litman questions whether copyright laws crafted by... (more)
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  Copyrights and Copywrongs

  The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity

  by Siva Vaidhyanathan

  "Illuminating" — Bookforum April-June 2002 "It has taken lawyers 200-plus years to morph copyright law from the balanced compromise that our framers struck to the extraordinary system of control that it has become. In this beautifully written book, a nonlawyer has uncovered much of the damage done. Copyrights and Copywrongs is a rich and compelling account of the bending of American copyright law, and a... (more)
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  Bound by Law: Tales from the Public Domain: By Day a Filmmaker, By Night She Fought for Fair Use!

  by Keith Aoki

  A documentary is being filmed. A cell phone rings, playing the Rocky theme song. The filmmaker is told she must pay $10,000 to clear the rights to the song. Can this be true? Eyes on the Prize, the great civil rights documentary, was pulled from circulation because the filmmakers' rights to music and footage had expired. What's going on here? It's the collision of documentary filmmaking and intellectual property... (more)
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  The Anarchist In The Library

  How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System

  by Siva Vaidhyanathan

  The Anarchist in the Library is the first guide to one of the most important cultural and economic battlegrounds of our increasingly plugged-in world. Siva Vaidhyanathan draws the struggle for information that will determine much of the culture and politics of the twenty-first century: anarchy or oligarchy, total freedom vs. complete control. His acclaimed book explores topics from unauthorized fan edits of Star... (more)
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  Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

  by Cory Doctorow

  On The Skids In The Transhuman Future Jules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies...and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World. Disney World! The greatest artistic achievement of the long-ago twentieth century. Now in the keeping of a network of "ad-hocs" who... (more)
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  A Place So Foreign and Eight More

  by Cory Doctorow

  Considered one of the most promising science fiction writers, Cory Doctorow's name is already mentioned with such SF greats as J.G. Ballard, Michael Moorcock, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. He was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer at the 2000 Hugo Awards. Cory's singular tales push the boundaries of the genre, exploring pop culture, trash, nerd pride, and the nexus of... (more)
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  Freedom of Expression

  Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property

  by Kembrew McLeod

  Freedom of Expression® covers the ways in which intellectual property laws have been used to privatize all forms of expression—from guitar riffs and Donald Trump’s “you’re fired” gesture to human genes and public space—and in the process stifle creative expression. Kembrew McLeod challenges the blind embrace of privatization as it clashes against our right to free speech and shared resources.   Kembrew McLeod... (more)